System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v3)

System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v3)
Network Server
Hewlett-Packard Company

12 Oct 2017
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SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64

Other Products:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension

Product Description
With the powerful, versatile 2U two-socket Lenovo® System x3650 M5 rack server, you can run even more workloads, 24 x 7, and gain faster business insights. Integrated with Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 and industry-leading two-socket storage capacity, the x3650 M5 fast forwards your business. You can select from an impressive array of storage configurations (up to 26 drive bays) that optimize diverse workloads from cloud to big data.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	PASS 3
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: TCE130J - v2.40 (04/11/2017)
CPU:	2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5-2680 v3 2.50 GHz
RAM:	Host platform: 192 GB, single max VM guest: 176 GB, multiple VM guests: 32 GB each
Ports and Bus Types:	7 USB Ports PCI Express X8 4 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	Matrox® MGA G200eR2
Host Bus Adapter:	IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller , Serial SCSI (SAS) Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH) , Serial ATA (SATA)
Hard Disk Drive:	2 IBM 300GB 10K SAS 2.5-inch SFF HS HDD , Serial SCSI (SAS)
CD/DVD:	IBM SATA DEVICE 81Y3680 , Serial ATA (SATA)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 7.7.0-25.1

Config Notes

Power management: Hibernation/Suspend to Disk/ACPI S4 is NOT supported on this system.
Power management: System/Processor does NOT support fan thermal scaling.
Graphics: Video driver used in this configuration is SolidDriver-compliant and may be installed by adding http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp3 as a software repository then installing the nvidia-gfx04 packages.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
System was tested with an Intel I210-T1 added as a second network adapter. The standard system configuration does not include the I210-T1 adapter.

Referenced Bulletins
143033

Adapters and Drivers


Matrox® MGA G200eR2
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: mgag200.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 96383
	Checksum: bbed1a4bbab6a5c26c55e3771d88ad04

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 251575
	Checksum: 1c032cbbf8f4cb203bdc23d80846b9cc
	Driver Version: 3.137

IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 236751
	Checksum: c96d2df516f3a67f3960bb982a2a0b3d
	Driver Version: 07.701.17.00-rc1

Intel C612 Chipset (DH82029 PCH)
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: ahci.ko
	Driver Date: 08-Jul-2017	Driver Size: 72591
	Checksum: 3469a12a768d6bacc7a451a8ac50c8e7
	Driver Version: 3.0

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Hewlett-Packard Company
Workstation Global Business Unit
Fort Collins , CO 80528
Website: http://www.hp.com

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System x3650 M5 (8871/E5-2600 v3) - Yes Bulletin 146034 | SUSE